OUT OF THEIR MINDS: The Lives and Discoveries of
15 Great Computer Scientists

About the Authors

Cathy Lazere
is a freelance writer who specializes in
international corporate finance and technology. She has
worked as an editor at McGraw-Hill and Business
International, a division of the Economist Group.
Ms. Lazere holds a B.A. from Yale and an
M.B.A. from New York University.

Dennis Shasha
is a professor of
computer science at New York University's
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
He holds a B.S. from Yale, an M.S. from Syracuse
and a Ph.D. from Harvard. His previous books include
Database Tuning: A Principled Approach
and two mathematical detective stories, The Puzzling Adventures
of Dr. Ecco and Codes, Puzzles, and Conspiracy.